2.7.2

Release 2.7.2

Changes

Manual Summary

• Added a new option rm_security to PdfDocument.save().
• Added support for password-protected PDFs in the CLI subcommands merge, render, tile and toc.
• Corrected the release workflow to avoid incrementing minor version twice.
• Rewrote package building script with python.
• The stable branch is now always updated, even if it contains commits that are not in main.
• Various code style improvements.

Git History

Commits between 2.7.1 and 2.7.2 (latest commit first):

• 90728d1 [autorelease] update changelog and version file
• 50b8c5c Add a task
• 80565c8 autorelease: externalise latest for do_versioning() testing
• e5ef13f autorelease: add safeguards to avoid inadvertent changes
• 8837a24 temporarily remove outdated version tests
• 4e01054 Improve version handling
• 04758e2 Update build_pdfium
• 3e49a69 Rename artifacts to artefacts
• 171b52f Rename craft_artifacts.py to craft_packages.py
• e44a010 Fix mistakes found by make check
• 85d517f Make setup environment variable dynamic
• ede5f2f Pythonise package building
• a697ca5 Prepare changelog for next release
• ed58b22 Implement password option in remaining CLIs
• 6f96251 cli/render: implement --passwords flag similar to merge
• 75d8e0b merge: do not unnecessarily pass rm_security
• 8bf7c46 Update planned changes
• 28db2e7 cli/merge: improve code and add password parameter
• 15b9fa2 Allow for removing password-protection when saving
• 6a9b771 Add test case for opening non-encrypted PDF with password given
• 35681dc Update tasks / planned changes
• 7a3e1e4 Add note concerning macOS multi-version tags
• f68c9b6 Add a task
• a28e81b build: use minimal checkout configuration
• 29a8c3c closing: do not unnecessarily create lists
• 6af0b1c setup.py: remove excessive comment
• f24172a Make string style more consistent
• 47eaa3e autorelease: force-update stable branch
• b84b8f6 Fix workflow
• 85f7e3c Manually intervene in changelog